team of maori footballers to tour britain was conceived by joseph war ##brick , a rugby player who had toured with the first new zealand national team in 1884 . he initially proposed a team of maori or part @ - @ maori to play the touring british side in 1888 ; this developed into a venture to have a maori team tour britain if a preliminary tour of new zealand were successful . hearing of war ##brick ' s plans , civil servant thomas e ##yt ##on contacted him to offer help managing the tour , which war ##brick accepted . when james scott , a public ##an , subsequently joined the partnership , the three men decided that war ##brick would be the team ' s
team of maori footballers to tour britain was conceived by joseph warbrick, a rugby player who had toured with the first new zealand national team in 1884. he initially proposed a team of maori or part @ - @ maori to play the touring british side in 1888 ; this developed into a venture to have a maori team tour britain if a preliminary tour of new zealand were successful. hearing of warbrick's plans, civil servant thomas eyton contacted him to offer help managing the tour, which warbrick accepted. when james scott, a publican, subsequently joined the partnership, the three men decided that warbrick would be the team's